Why dangerous defibrillator leads could usher in new medical-device regulations
(UPDATED: See below.)
Medical-device startups are booming these days, as VCs throw money at everything from artificial spinal-disc fillers to implantable weight-control “neuromodulators” to vacuum devices that suck blood clots out of blocked vessels. (That appears to be in sharp contrast to biotech; see the most recent funding data here.) What relatively few people understand, however, is the degree to which the device industry benefits from looser regulations than those covering biotech — and how that might… Continue Reading